継けい嗣しけいしMeanings1nounsuccessor; heir; heiressarchaicArchaic term for a successor or heir. Modern Japanese normally uses 跡継ぎ (あとつぎ) or 後継者 (こうけいしゃ).See also: 跡継ぎ古こ文ぶん書しょでは、家か督とくを継つぐ者ものを「継けい嗣し」と記しるすことがある。In old documents, the person who succeeds the family headship is sometimes written as 継嗣.